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We aimed to evaluate the effect of weaning and slaughter age on the physicochemical and sensory characteristics of Arouquesa, a Portuguese Protected Designation of Origin (PDO) meat and to evaluate the psychological effect of knowing the weaning age on the consumer\u2019s hedonic evaluation. (2) Methods: Meat from 26 animals was assigned to 4 groups, with combinations of weaning (W) at 9 or 5 months and slaughter (S) at 9 or 12 months: W9-S9, W9-S12, W5-S9, and W5-S12. The meat was analysed for pH24h, colour (L*a*b*), cooking losses and shear force. A Check All that Apply test was made with 70 consumers; they were also asked to punctuate the hedonic appreciation of anonymous and weaning age-identified meat. (3) Results: W9-S9 were more tender, had lower shear force, and was juicier than W5-S9. When animals were slaughtered at 12 months, there were no differences in the physicochemical and sensory characteristics between the weaning ages. The effect of information about the weaning age influences the consumer\u2019s hedonic evaluation, as revealed by the comparison between the anonymous and identified samples. (4) Later weaning resulted in more tender meat when the slaughter was at 9 months and positively impacted consumer perception.<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.3390\/foods11162505","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2022,8,21]],"date-time":"2022-08-21T22:23:13Z","timestamp":1661120593000},"page":"2505","update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3390\/mdpi_crossmark_policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":6,"title":["The Effect of Weaning and Slaughter Age on the Physicochemical and Sensory Characteristics of Arouquesa Beef\u2014A PDO Portuguese Meat"],"prefix":"10.3390","volume":"11","author":[{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0001-9554-8797","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Jos\u00e9 Ant\u00f3nio","family":"Silva","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"AL4Animals\u2014Associate Laboratory for Animal and Veterinary Sciences, CECAV\u2013Veterinary and Animal Research Centre, Universidade de-Tr\u00e1s-os-Montes e Alto Douro, 5000-801 Vila Real, Portugal"}]},{"given":"Ricardo","family":"Cardoso","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"CITAB, Centre for the Research and Technology of Agro-Environment and Biological Sciences, Universidade de-Tr\u00e1s-os-Montes e Alto Douro, 5000-801 Vila Real, Portugal"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-8388-5590","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Raquel","family":"Vieira","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"CITAB, Centre for the Research and Technology of Agro-Environment and Biological Sciences, Universidade de-Tr\u00e1s-os-Montes e Alto Douro, 5000-801 Vila Real, Portugal"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0003-2819-2529","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Jos\u00e9 Carlos","family":"Almeida","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"AL4Animals\u2014Associate Laboratory for Animal and Veterinary Sciences, CECAV\u2013Veterinary and Animal Research Centre, Universidade de-Tr\u00e1s-os-Montes e Alto Douro, 5000-801 Vila Real, Portugal"}]},{"given":"Maria Jos\u00e9","family":"Gomes","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"AL4Animals\u2014Associate Laboratory for Animal and Veterinary Sciences, CECAV\u2013Veterinary and Animal Research Centre, Universidade de-Tr\u00e1s-os-Montes e Alto Douro, 5000-801 Vila Real, Portugal"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0003-3880-3442","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Carlos","family":"Ven\u00e2ncio","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"CITAB, Centre for the Research and Technology of Agro-Environment and Biological Sciences, Universidade de-Tr\u00e1s-os-Montes e Alto Douro, 5000-801 Vila Real, Portugal"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-4662-9408","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Luis","family":"Patarata","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"AL4Animals\u2014Associate Laboratory for Animal and Veterinary Sciences, CECAV\u2013Veterinary and Animal Research Centre, Universidade de-Tr\u00e1s-os-Montes e Alto Douro, 5000-801 Vila Real, Portugal"}]}],"member":"1968","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2022,8,19]]},"reference":[{"key":"ref_1","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"102231","DOI":"10.1016\/j.foodpol.2022.102231","article-title":"WHO and for how long? 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